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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1475
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Croice, Croys, v. [ME. croice, croyce, croyse (c 1300, earlier creoice, etc.), OF. croisier.] tr. To make the sign of the cross on or over. — a1400 Legends of the Saints v. 349.
Sanct Johne … The samyne drink tuk neuir the les And croysit it a1400 Ib. xxx. 64.
Thane wald scho rycht son Bath brest & foret croice but hone c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 1195.
He croyssit him, syne sodeynli wp rais
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